Famed Princeton jazz group to perform, share insights

MADISON A jazz workshop and performance, featuring members from
the award-w inning, nationally acclaimed Princeton University
Concert Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Anthony D.J. Branker,
will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the Brothers College
Chapel at Drew University, 36 Madison Ave., Madison. Admission is
free. Branker is a renowned jazz trumpeter, composer and jazz
educator. Under his direction, Princeton's Concert Jazz Ensemble
has evolved into one of the most outstanding collegiate jazz groups
in the U.S. One of its sub-groups, the Monk/Mingus Ensemble, won
the prestigious 22nd annual "Down Beat" magazine Student Music
Award for "best jazz instrumental group" in the college division of
the U.S, surpassing even major conservatory jazz
programs.

The Princeton ensemble also has appeared in concert with such
internationally renowned jazz musicians such as Jon Faddis, Ted
Curson, Terence Blanchard, Benny Carter and Oliver Lake.

A Princeton graduate himself, Branker has taught at Princeton
for the past 13 years and has an international reputation as a jazz
performer, composer, conductor and jazz educator. A recipient of
the U.S. Department of Education's Presidential Scholars Teacher
Recognition Award, the Institute of Arts and Humanities Education
Distinguished Teaching Award and the International Association of
Jazz Educators Award for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education,
Branker has also received fellowships from the National Endowment
for the Humanities and from the Rutgers Institute for Jazz Studies,
and has won prizes in jazz composition from the International
Association of Jazz Educators.

Branker has also served as professor and artistic director of
jazz studies programs at such institutions as Hunter College in New
York City and Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa.

The artists, all current Princeton students chosen by audition,
will perform works in a variety of jazz styles and discuss their
experiences learning jazz theory, jazz style and performance
practices, and improvisational techniques.

The workshop, arranged by Drew University music professor Lynn
Siebert, compliments the course "Music 34: American Popular Music
and All That Jazz." It is free and open to the public. For
information call Siebert at 408-3645. Anyone who needs special
assistance to attend the program should contact the Department of
Housing, Conferences and Hospitality at 408-3103.

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